Patristic Quote of the Day

Just as your head takes priority over all other members of your body, and if a stone, stick, or sword is aimed at you, you raise other members of your body to deflect the blow from your head, knowing that you cannot live in this life without your head - so may you give priority over all things to faith in the Holy Trinity, Which One in essence, for without this faith no one can live the true life. -- St. Ephraim the Syrian, *A Spiritual Psalter* #57